Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Murphy's adm'rs v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 5 Ala. 421 1843 0 Right of Property Alabama
Adams v. McKenzie 18 Ala. 698 1851 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Rives v. Wilborne 6 Ala. 45 1844 0 Right of Property Alabama
Lockhart v. Cameron 29 Ala. 355 1856 0 Reformation of a Deed of Gifts of Enslaved Persons Alabama
James v. Stiggins 13 Ala. 830 1848 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Dearing v. Lightfoot 16 Ala. 28 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Lide v. Lide's Adm'r 32 Ala. 449 1858 0 Intestacy dispute Alabama
Wittick's Adm'r v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 199 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Guilford v. Hicks 36 Ala. 95 1860 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus for a Person held Enenslaved persond Alabama
Caldwell v. Wallace 5 Stew. & P. 312 1834 0 Trespass Alabama
Wyatt's Adm'r v. Steele 26 Ala. 639 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Lyde v. Taylor 17 Ala. 270 1850 0 Deed of sale dispute Alabama
Morgan v. Nelson 43 Ala. 586 1869 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
McCartney v. Calhoun 11 Ala. 110 1847 0 Debate over Title of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Challenged Ownership of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Atwood’s Heirs v. Beck 21 Ala. 590 1852 0 Action by Heirs to Obtain Enslaved Persons from Executors of Estate Alabama
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Enslaved PersonsFreed in Will, but Heirs to Estate Tried to Retain Hold of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Prater's Adm'r v. Darby 24 Ala. 496 1854 0 Detinue for Enslaved Persons Alabama
Dunlap v. Robinson 28 Ala. 100 1856 0 Life estate in Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Sledge’s Adm’rs v. Clopton 6 Ala. 589 1844 0 Use of Enslaved Persons as Collateral Alabama